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Document Friday: El Salvadors Debate on Amnesty and Historical Memory November 16, 2012 by Emily Willard <http://nsarchive.wordpress.com/author/ewillard/> *-Notes from the Evidence Project-* *Today marks the 23rd anniversary of the massacre of six Jesuit Priests<http://cja.org/article.php?list=type&type=84> in El Salvador, along with their house keeper and her 16 year-old daughter on November 16, 1989. For Document Friday, the National Security Archive is posting newly released documents regarding the case<http://cja.org/article.php?list=type&type=84>, filed by the Center for Justice and Accountability in August 2009, against 20 former El Salvadoran officials in the National Court in Spain for their involvement in the massacre.* *In a May 2010 cable, the State Department describes the Salvadoran Supreme Courts decision to reject Judge Velascos request for information regarding these 20 officials, and determined that the amnesty law agreed upon during El Salvadors peace accords, protects the officials from prosecution.* <http://nsarchive.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/highlighted-document-2.jpeg> excerpt from declassified Department of State cable See the full cable here.<http://nsarchive.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/document1.pdf> In May 2011, Judge Velasco issued an arrest warrant<http://nsarchive.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/documents-provide-key-evidence-in-jesuit-case-arrest-warrant/> for twenty former Salvadoran officials which sparked an emotional debate in EL Salvador on one of the worst atrocities of the civil war and the application of the Amnesty Law that helped end it, commented a declassified State Department cable. The cable went on to explain the complicated factors of the debate regarding the amnesty law, international law, Salvadoran politics, accountability, and historical memory: <http://nsarchive.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/highlighted-document.jpeg> excerpt from declassified state department cable See the full cable here.<http://nsarchive.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/document4.pdf> In recent news, one of the twenty officials indicted in the Spanish case, Inocente Orlando Montano, pled guilty<http://nsarchive.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/notes-from-the-evidence-project-el-salvador-ex-military-pleads-guilty-to-immigration-fraud/> to charges of immigration fraud<http://nsarchive.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/notes-from-the-evidence-project-el-salvador-ex-military-pleads-guilty-to-immigration-fraud/> in September of 2012. Montanos sentencing hearing is scheduled for December 18, 2012 in Boston. Be sure to stay tuned for more news about this case. *-Documents-* Supreme Court Refuses Jesuit Case Request, Upholds Amnesty Law, State Department cable San Salvador 000201, May 24, 2010<http://nsarchive.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/document11.pdf>. Obtained by the National Security Archive through the Freedom of Information Act. Spanish Court Sparks Amnesty Debate, State Department cable San Salvador 000219, October 3, 2011<http://nsarchive.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/document41.pdf>. Obtained by the National Security Archive through the Freedom of Information Act. ---------------------------------------------------- Thursday, November 08, 2012 El Salvador's economic woes<http://luterano.blogspot.com/2012/11/el-salvadors-economic-woes.html> El Salvador's economy remains stuck in low gear. As a result, Moody's Investors Service recently cut the country's credit rating. The credit rating agency explained the problems of the country's stagnant economy: El Salvadors credit rating was cut by Moodys Investors Service, which cited the Central American nations weak economic growth and debt ratios. Moodys lowered the countrys rating one level to Ba3, three levels below investment grade and the same as Bolivia and Portugal, according to an e-mailed statement today. El Salvadors economic growth has averaged 1 percent over the past five years, compared with 2.8 percent in the previous five years, on low and declining investment ratios, Moodys said. The countrys debt-to-gross domestic product ratio was forecast by Moodys to remain at about 53 percent of GDP this year. Since growth prospects remain weak and the government has a challenging outlook in the years to come, it will be difficult to reduce debt ratios, the report said. The economy will expand about 1.3 percent this year and 2.3 percent in 2013, Moodys said. El Salvador's growth rate does not compare favorably with the average for Latin America<http://www.eclac.cl/cgi-bin/getProd.asp?xml=/de/noticias/documentosdetrabajo/8/48268/P48268.xml&xsl=/de/tpl-i/p38f.xsl&base=/de/tpl/top-bottom.xslt>, where growth was 6.0% in 2010 and 4.3% in 2011. The country has few sources of capital for investment in new job-creating businesses. Foreign direct investment, the money coming into the country from foreign investors, dropped by some 60%<http://tropicaldaily.com/el-salvador/what-does-a-country-do-when-direct-foreign-investments-flee/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=what-does-a-country-do-when-direct-foreign-investments-flee> from the same period in 2011. In particular, there was less investment going into the manufacturing sector. The only economic force which is really growing are remittances from Salvadorans abroad. Through the end of September this year, remittances were up 6.9% <http://www.bcr.gob.sv/bcrsite/?x21=46> from the same period in 2011. [image: Bookmark and Share] Posted by Tim at 8:43 PM<http://luterano.blogspot.com/2012/11/el-salvadors-economic-woes.html> -- traducir a español -- <http://translate.google.com/translate_p?hl=es&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&%20langpair=en%7Ces&u=http://luterano.blogspot.com/2012/11/el-salvadors-economic-woes.html>0 comments<http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9177745&postID=2833200661893323205> <http://www.blogger.com/email-post.g?blogID=9177745&postID=2833200661893323205> Labels: Economy <http://luterano.blogspot.com/search/label/Economy> Wednesday, November 07, 2012 Indigenous peoples of El Salvador come together<http://luterano.blogspot.com/2012/11/indigenous-peoples-of-el-salvador-come.html> A new article on the website Intercontinental Cry contains an interview with Salvadoran Indigenous leader Shandur Kuátzin Makwilkali<http://intercontinentalcry.org/until-the-sun-stops-rising-interview-with-salvadoran-indigenous-leader-shandur-kuatzin-makwilkali/> . Shandur is President of the National Federation of Indigenous Peoples of El Salvador, which works to resuscitate the vitality of indigenous cultures in a part of Central America where they have been systematically and brutally suppressed. The challenge is significant: "We don't have enough unity, solidarity", he laments, before returning to the positive: "But now we have a federation, present in 14 departments, with 10,000 members." The Federation celebrated its first anniversary on 21 January this year. In addition to its remarkable growth, the indigenous movement has established a small University of the Indigenous Peoples of El Salvador, teaching four courses lasting for three and four years. Students can study courses in indigenous medicine, the Nahuat language, indigenous administration, and biculturalism. Another development is the Cooperative Association of Savings, Credit, Consumption, Housing and Farming of the Nahuat-Pipil Nation. The Federation, University, and Cooperative make up the three branches of the movement that seek to mobilize, educate, and overcome the economic poverty of the indigenous communities. The article goes on to provide a short history of indigenous culture in El Salvador, almost wiped out in the last century by massacres and repression. In addition, the interview highlights the role of the indigenous people in El Salvador's environmental movements, which grows out of their connection to the earth. 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